Liu: Benchmark memo told portfolio companies to radically rethink operations for AI
Howie Liu · Making $$ with AI Agents · Apr 29, 2026 · at 38:33
Airtable CEO Howie Liu shares advice from a Benchmark partner memo regarding the urgency of AI adoption across startups.
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“One of the benchmark partners sent out this memo about, like, you know, it was basically a wake-up call to all of the portfolio companies to, like, you know, get with the program and, like, really radically rethink how you operate your business, like, immediately with AI”
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